WS8-1 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation WORKSHOP 8 CAD INTEGRATION

WS8-2 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation

WS8-3 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation FILE IMPORT OPTIONS

WS8-4 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation FILE IMPORT OPTIONS (Cont.) Geometry kernel type CAD part Standard format

WS8-5 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CATIA CAD MODEL IMPORT n Several types of CATIA files can be imported u CATIA V4 Model: model file, e.g. dogbone.model u CATIA V5 CATPart: part file, e.g. catbone.CATPart u CATIA V5 CATProduct: product file, e.g. crockbone.CATProduct u CATXPRES File: output file, e.g. otherbone.cat

WS8-6 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CATIA CAD MODEL IMPORT (Cont.) n CATIA V4 Model, CATIA Options include u Import to Parasolid, Yes l Solid Type; how imported solids will be defined in the database n Parameterized Solid n B-rep Solid l Import Attributes n Yes: select layers to import, create groups from layers, and import CATIA attributes associated to geometry n No: cannot select layers, cannot create groups from layers, and not importing attributes may improve import performance CATIA V4 Model

WS8-7 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CATIA CAD MODEL IMPORT (Cont.) CATIA V5 CATPart n CATIA V5 CATPart, CATIA Options include u Import to Parasolid, Yes l Solid Type; how imported solids will be defined in the database n Parameterized Solid n B-rep Solid l Import Attributes n Yes: import CATIA attributes associated to geometry, select layers to import, and create groups from layers n No: not importing attributes may improve import performance, cannot select layers, and cannot create groups from layers

WS8-8 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file u dam_pub.CATPart u Import to Parasolid, Yes u CATIA Options l Import Attributes, Yes l Feature Name, Yes l Publication, Yes

WS8-9 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file (continued) u Reading CATIA V5 Part file

WS8-10 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file (continued) u Writing Parasolid file

WS8-11 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file (continued) u Import of solid completed u There are four groups

WS8-12 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file (continued) u Create PCL function to access attributes

WS8-13 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file (continued) u Create session file for compiling PCL function

WS8-14 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file (continued) u Play (read) session file to obtain attributes

WS8-15 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file (continued) u Look at text file to see attribute designations

WS8-16 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file u dam_pub.CATPart u Import to Parasolid, Yes u CATIA Options l Import Attributes, No l Feature Name, No l Publication, No

WS8-17 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT V5 CATPART (Cont.) n Import a CATIA V5 CATPart file (continued) u Only group is default_group u No noticeable import time difference, but may be due to model size

WS8-18 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n Two buttons u Pro/ENGINEER CAD model import u Direct Mesh for meshing Pro/ENGINEER solids n Previous Parasolid based Pro/E translator has been replaced. New translator is faster and more accurate. n CAD dependency, none n Supports parts and assemblies n Supports Pro/E 2001 and Wildfire 2.0 PROENGINEER CAD MODEL IMPORT

WS8-19 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n Pro/ENGINEER Options include u Import to Parasolid, Yes l Entity Types n Surface n Solid l Solid Type; how imported solids will be defined in the database n Parameterized Solid n B-rep Solid l Entity Layers n Select the layers to be imported l Create Groups from Layers n Creates MSC.Patran groups from CAD layers automatically u Group name: prefix_Ln PROENGINEER CAD MODEL IMPORT (Cont.)

WS8-20 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n Pro/ENGINEER Options include u Import to Parasolid, No l Import Preferences n Trimmed Surface Type u Simply Trimmed u General Trimmed n Solid Representation u B-rep Solid u Constituent Surfaces n Enable Tolerance Prompt n Enable Geometry Tracking l Entity Types l Surface Types l Save Geometry File (.geo) l Create Groups from Parts PROENGINEER CAD MODEL IMPORT (Cont.)

WS8-21 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART n Import a Pro/E Part file u Import a Pro/E part using the Parasolid translator l Import to Parasolid u First, disable the environmental variable MSCP_PROE_CMD l See if MSCP_PROE_CMD has been created

WS8-22 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Part file (continued) u Import a Pro/E part using the Parasolid translator l Import to Parasolid u First, disable the environmental variable MSCP_PROE_CMD (continued) l If MSCP_PROE_CMD has not been created, Cancel out of the forms, then proceed to the next page l If MSCP_PROE_CMD has been created, Delete and OK out of the forms n It may be necessary to logout of Windows, then log back in n Proceed to the next page

WS8-23 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n Import a Pro/E Part file (continued) u ProEngineer_1. prt u Import to Parasolid, No (this is to see that it is not possible to import the part w/o Pro/E being installed locally) u Pro/ENGINEER Options CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.)

WS8-24 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Part file (continued) u The following message should appear

WS8-25 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Part file (continued) u ProEngineer_1. prt u Import to Parasolid, Yes (use the Parasolid translator) u Pro/ENGINEER Options

WS8-26 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Part file (continued) u Reading Pro/E part file

WS8-27 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Part file (continued) u Writing Parasolid file

WS8-28 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Part file (continued) u Import of solid completed

WS8-29 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Assembly file u Use DESTACO-CPI MSA.ASM u This file uses 8 Part files u All the files are in the file DESTACO-CPI MSA.zip u Import to Parasolid, Yes u Pro/ENGINEER Options

WS8-30 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Assembly file (continued) u Reading and writing

WS8-31 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Assembly file (continued) u Eight solids imported

WS8-32 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.) n Import a Pro/E Assembly file (continued) u Import of solids completed

WS8-33 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT PRO/E PART (Cont.)

WS8-34 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation IGES FILE n IGES format n New Parasolid based IGES translator, in addition to the previous SGM based IGES translator. n Parasolid based import more robust than SGM import u Calculates tolerance for import n Sew Sheet Bodies (make surfaces congruent) u PATRAN Sew -- sew surfaces using MSC.Patran software u Verify Boundary -- similar to Geometry: Verify/Surface/Boundary

WS8-35 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n Assembly support u SubFigure Instance, e.g. Type 308, 408 n Entity filtering u Automatic group creation for individually labeled entities n Comparison of time to import geometry u Current SGM based translator is faster than the Parasolid translator u Apples and oranges comparison l No tolerance calculation for SGM translator l Cannot sew surfaces using SGM translator u Currently, working on increasing the speed of the Parasolid translator IGES FILE (Cont.)

WS8-36 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n IGES file, IGES Options include u Import to Parasolid, Yes l Solid Type; how imported solids will be defined in the database n Parameterized Solid n B-rep Solid l Trimmed Surface Type n Simply Trimmed n General Trimmed l Entity Layers n Select layers l Sew Sheet Bodies (make surfaces congruent) n PATRAN Sew -- sew surfaces using MSC.Patran software n Verify Boundary -- similar to Geometry: Verify/Surface/Boundary l Equivalence Edge Vertices n Equivalence vertices during import IGES FILE (Cont.)

WS8-37 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n IGES file, IGES Options include u Import to Parasolid, No IGES FILE (Cont.)

WS8-38 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE n Import an IGES format file u Use the Parasolid translator created IGES file, undercut_solid.igs u Import to Parasolid, Yes u IGES Options l Select Entity Types, Solid

WS8-39 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Reading IGES file CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.)

WS8-40 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Writing Parasolid file

WS8-41 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Import of solid completed

WS8-42 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Comparison of before and after import Global Model Tolerance l Before, l After,

WS8-43 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file u Use the Parasolid translator created IGES file, undercut_surfaces.igs u Import to Parasolid, Yes u IGES Options l Select Entity Types, Surface and Trimmed Surface

WS8-44 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Import of surfaces completed

WS8-45 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n Import an IGES format file u Use a non-Parasolid translator created IGES file, mblade.igs u Import to Parasolid, Yes u IGES Options CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.)

WS8-46 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u The Global Model Tolerance was changed during import from to

WS8-47 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Look for the areas of non- congruency

WS8-48 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Make surfaces congruent by sewing

WS8-49 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Look for the areas of non-congruency

WS8-50 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file u Use the non-Parasolid translator created IGES file, mblade.igs u Import to Parasolid, Yes u IGES Options l PATRAN Sew, Yes l Verify Boundary, Yes

WS8-51 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Look for the areas of non- congruency

WS8-52 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file u Use the non-Parasolid translator created IGES file, mblade.igs, but this time use the SGM translator u Import to Parasolid, No (use SGM translator) u IGES Options

WS8-53 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Imported geometry

WS8-54 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Look for areas of non- congruency. There are none.

WS8-55 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation n Import an IGES format file u Use the IGES file DESTACO D igs u Import to Parasolid, Yes u IGES Options CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.)

WS8-56 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) n Imported geometry

WS8-57 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u There are many areas of non-congruency u It will be necessary to sew the surfaces to make them congruent

WS8-58 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Make surfaces congruent by sewing … $# T-Edge Surface 28.5 broken at Point 705 into edges Surface and Surface … $# 27 Surfaces Edited: Surfaces 1:3,5:10,12:19,21,23,24:30:2,31:34

WS8-59 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u There are no areas of non-congruency

WS8-60 PAT328, Workshop 8, May 2005 Copyright 2005 MSC.Software Corporation CASE STUDY: IMPORT IGES FILE (Cont.) n Import an IGES format file (continued) u Create a B-rep solid w/o doing anything further